Description

Title reads: "Airgraph Letters".

C/U of a soldier, 'Tommy Atkins', writing a letter home from the Middle East. C/U of the letter which is to his girlfriend. C/U of the soldier placing the letter in an airgraph envelope. Tommy is using a new service introduced by the Post Office, his letter will take only 2 weeks to reach its destination.

Various shots of woman placing letters into a special machine that will photograph them onto 16 mm. film. Machine looks a bit like a film projector. Rolls of film with lots of miniaturised letters on are flown back to Britain, saving space and cargo weight on aeroplanes.

Various shots of a men and women using other apparatus that transfers the filmed image back to letter form. C/U of the letter ready for delivery. C/U of young woman, May Nott, reading the letter.